If we like to accept it or not class warfare has been raging through Britain despite the "Neoliberal" cover up. The current ConDem government has been unleashing fresh waves of attack on the working class, brutal assaults on their ability to live, yet no-one really seems to be noticing or standing up to them.
This can be largely placed down to the Thatcherite politics that have been in play since her election in 1979 all the way through the New Labour period right up to the current day. Thatcherite politics basically goes like this: If youre working class we hate you, what you stand for and we want to make your life hell and blame you for things and you cant do Jack shit to stop us because your unions are as powerful as a student council team in a junior school.
For example, George Osbourne's Skivers vs Shirkers image of the working class. This new Government painted horror picture of the working class has no evidence to back it up, just the sort of theoretical nonsense readers of the Daily Mail can expect to see. If anyone was to look at the facts for even a second they would find that the welfare state is so big because our free market economy is exploitative of the labour force. 60% of people claiming benefits are actually in employment, add in disability and people actively seeking jobs which don't exist ( Thatchers fault but that's a different story) then youll find out the Skiver is a rare breed of people, but still enough to ruin the lives of millions of hard working people.
The Skiver image has a much more profound impact on the working class then that though. If these "Skivers" are doing nothing to help themselves then they're just common thieves spending public money, a conclusion the government wants us all to believe so that they can justify the continuation of this class war. This vilification of welfare claimants to the public has led to such policies as the bed room tax, a tax which breeches human rights according to a UN inspector to the UK a short time ago and has made 1/3 of people claiming housing benefit fall behind on their rents. This is mainly because Thatcher sold of the council houses and didnt build any more so now there's a shortage and noone can move which is something these families cant fix, especially as politicians don't actually listen to peoples concerns anymore. Can you see how this how this crisis has pushed people into depression? where are they going to go?. But then these people are just "Skivers" so why should we care? That is what is happening, and the situation will get worse if it isnt stopped now.
Just as something extra Buckingham palace has: 52 Royal and guest bedrooms and 188 staff bedroom. Bedrooms for staff or guests are not included in the new housing benefit scheme. This is more then 2 spare bedrooms so this income should be cut by 25%, instead of this she has been given a £2m rise... Public money well spent, as always keeping the rich rich and the poor poor. That is what has been going on for years and will continue to do so till someone makes a stand.
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